ClimbUK North East · Wednesday 20 January 2027 · The Glasshouse, Gateshead
Find the businesses ready to work with you
Industry partnerships, support programmes and business school links start with the right conversations. Spend a day with founders and business leaders from across the region and see where your university fits.
Collaboration that starts with a conversation
Reach the businesses you support
Founders and scaling businesses come for practical help. Your programmes and expertise belong in that conversation.
Bring your expertise to the table
The Exclusive Roundtables bring founders, investors and experts together on real challenges. Register interest in joining or hosting one.
Partners for what comes next
Talk with business leaders and investors about collaboration, from student talent to joint projects.
Part one
Part one: you make the call
11am to 4pm, in the auditorium. Four live sessions, built for you to take part, not sit through.
The Great Northern Investment Debate
Is it harder to raise investment in the North? Two opposing views, one lively debate, and an audience encouraged to challenge both sides.
Business Growth: You Make the Call
A scaling business hits something unexpected. Our live role-play puts real business challenges on stage, and the audience helps decide what happens next.
Inside the Investment Committee
We recreate an investment committee meeting, so you see how investors evaluate opportunities, challenge assumptions and make investment decisions.
The ClimbUK Business Growth Quiz
Think you know what it takes to build and scale a business? An interactive, fast-paced quiz, with prizes up for grabs.
Part two
Part two: the ClimbUK Takeover
From 5pm. A curated evening where the right people meet and conversations turn into opportunities.
Exclusive Roundtables
Small, invitation-only discussions where founders, investors and experts tackle real business challenges.
Networking, ClimbUK Style
Great people, great conversations, and connections that could change the direction of your business.
Investor Speed Networking
Fast-paced, focused conversations between selected founders and active investors.
High-Energy Founder Pitching
Selected businesses take the spotlight and show what they’re building.
Places for the evening’s structured activities will be strictly limited, with participants selected to ensure the right mix of people around the table.
Listen first, then offer
Strong partnerships start from what a business needs, not what a programme offers.
- Tick the roundtable question when you register, to join or to host.
- Use the debate and the role-play to hear what founders struggle with.
- Bring one clear offer for businesses: a programme, a project or a placement.
When you register, tick
- Exclusive Roundtables: “Yes, I would like to join one” or “Yes, I would like to host one”
Straight answers
Founders, entrepreneurs and scaling businesses through the day, joined in the evening by investors and experienced business leaders.
Wednesday 20 January 2027, at The Glasshouse, Gateshead. Part one runs from 11am to 4pm in the auditorium. The ClimbUK Takeover starts at 5pm.
Yes. Places are limited and advance registration is essential. One registration covers the day and the evening.
Tell us when you register: there is a question each for Investor Speed Networking, High-Energy Founder Pitching and the Exclusive Roundtables. Places are limited, and we select participants to get the right mix of people around the table. We come back to you before the day.
No. ClimbUK North East is one day in January. Climb27, The Festival for Business Growth, runs on 30 June and 1 July 2027.
ClimbUK North East
Wednesday 20 January 2027
The Glasshouse, Gateshead
Don’t just hear about the conversations afterwards. Be part of them.
Wednesday 20 January 2027, The Glasshouse, Gateshead. Places are limited and advance registration is essential.